Rasta Boys?

Hmm!

Just saw that someone "commented" on, and/or linked to, my blog from www.rastaboys.com. I tried to open up that page to see what they said, and got sent to David Goodner's "Straight Out of the Cornfield" blog, which apparently has recently been forced to move, shortly following their having commented on *his* blog -- though for what, I can't even pretend to know, since I can't open their site at all.

Mr. Goodner says their site is "worth checking out". I don't for one minute doubt it, and would love to do so, and see why.

I tried. Alas, I seem to be unable to access it. Perhaps it's just a "slow Alltel connection" problem.

I'd much rather believe that it's a simple "connectivity issue" than believe some rogue Rastafarians have something against me (or my people) that they can't (or won't) say openly -- say, that they're so deeply antifeminist and/or homophobic that they'll deliberately suppress viewpoints opposed to those they consider their own, even when they share the airwaves of certain public radio stations which certain feminists and fags work day and night to keep on the air so that even *their* voices can be heard.

Know your enemies.

The converse holds true, too: know who your enemies are *not*, and leave them well enough alone, if you *ever* want to accomplish *anything*. It's *never* "black or white" clear, not even in race relation issues.

And if you choose not to leave the feminists and fags alone, prepare to be marginalized as the outlying freaks that you are.

I don't know anything about Ethiopia's government, and doubt most self-declared "rastafarians" do, either.

I do make sacrifices so you can get your music (which is amazing) on the air. And I even dare to say I know a thing or two about Marcus Garvey that you've likely never even heard. And I am confident that Mr. Garvey couldn't possibly care less whether I write about your ilk or not. Get over it.

So please: criticize me all you want, and all your critics generally, but do it openly. Four centuries of colonialism is a terrible thing, make no mistake. But it does not justify shutting out *any* voices from the debate, *ever*.

Grow up, already.